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How Labor Migrants Fare

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Editors:
  1. Klaus F. Zimmermann

    1. Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn, Germany

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  2. Amelie Constant

    1. Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  • Shows the state of integration of migrants in their new countries
  • Answers important questions for migration policy

Part of the book series: Population Economics (POPULATION)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
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  2. Introduction

    1. How do labor migrants fare?

      • Amelie Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
      Pages 1-11

  4. Employment, Unemployment, Self-Employment and Occupational Success

    1. Declining employment success of immigrant males in Sweden: Observed or unobserved characteristics?

      • Pieter Bevelander, Helena Skyt Nielsen
      Pages 121-137

    2. The employment adjustment of male immigrants in England

      • Stephen Wheatley Price
      Pages 139-166

    3. The English language fluency and occupational success of ethnic minority immigrant men living in English metropolitan areas

      • Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price
      Pages 167-190

    4. Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs

      • Magnus Lofstrom
      Pages 191-222

  7. Policy Issues: Selection Criteria and Public Sector Effects

    1. Public policy and the labor market adjustment of new immigrants to Australia

      • Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
      Pages 377-403

    2. Immigrants and the public sector budget — accounting exercises for Sweden

      • Björn Gustafsson, Torun Österberg
      Pages 405-424
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About this book

 In the globalized economy, labor migration has become of central importance. A key issue in the analysis of immigration is how the migrants fare in the economy in which they migrate, and how they assimilate towards the behavior of the natives. Using data from the United States, Canada, many European countries, Australia and New Zealand, the chapters study the developments of earnings, employment, unemployment, self-employment, occupational choices and educational attainment after migration. The book also investigates the role of language in labor market integration and examines the situation of illegal, legalized and unwilling migrants. Policy effects are also studied: Among those are the effects of selection criteria of labor market success and the effects immigrants have on the public sector budget of the receiving country. Hence, the book provides a broad picture of the performance of migrants.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn, Germany

    Klaus F. Zimmermann

  • Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Amelie Constant

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How Labor Migrants Fare

  • Editors: Klaus F. Zimmermann, Amelie Constant

  • Series Title: Population Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24753-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-00665-7Published: 04 March 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-53448-5Published: 03 August 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-24753-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-6978

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 424

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Population Economics, Labor Economics, Sociology, general

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